Zelensky appoints Andrei Melnik Ukraine's ambassador to Brazil

MOSCOW. June 20 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree appointing Andrei Melnik Ukraine's ambassador to Brazil.

The corresponding document is available for viewing on the presidential website, Ukrainian media said.

Melnik held the post of Ukrainian deputy foreign minister in 2022-2023 and was Ukraine's ambassador to Germany from 2014 to 2022. While serving as ambassador, Melnik became notorious for calling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "offended liver sausage".